Device for dispensing contents of bottles



C. A. ROHDER.

DEVICE FOR DISPENSING CONTENTS OF BOTTLES. APPLICATION FILED APR-12.1920.

1,408,472. Patented Mar. 7, 1922.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. '7, 1922.

Application filed April 12, 1920. Serial No. 373,452.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL A. Rononn, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city and county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Disings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple device for removing the contents of bottles which have narrow necks. The present application constitutes an improvement over the structure shown in Patent No. 1,335,029 granted to me March 30th, 1920.

Briefly, the invention comprises a stem, having on its lower end a scoop pivoted thereto, said scoop being controlled by a spring which tends to hold it in position at right angles to the stem for drawing out the contents of the bottle, but which will permit the scoop to swing in either direction from said position so that it may be readily inserted or readily withdrawn from a narrow-necked bottle.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 shows the invention being inserted into a bottle.

Fig.2 shows it being withdrawn.

Fig. 3 represents the same in normal condition.

Fig. 4 is a showing of the device in normal position, but with different spring arrangement.

Fig. 5 is a view looking in the direction of arrow 5 of Fig. 4; and

Fig. 6 is a section through the scoop indicated by line 66 of Fig. 5.

A narrow-necked bottle is represented at B. The stem 10 for handling the device has a scoop 12 pivoted thereto at 14, the bottom of the scoop being spaced from the lower end of the stem 10 and terminating at a point beneath the pivot when the parts are in normal positions shown in Figs. 4 to 6.

The construction of the scoop and its mounting is the same in all the figures. However, the spring construction of Figs. 1, 2 and 3 is different from that of the other figures.

In Figs. 1, 2 and 3 the spring 20 is secured at one end in apertures 22, as indicated, its other end 24 being offset and passed through a perforation in the outer end of the scoop and then bent to lie against the side of the scoop. In this manner both ends of the spring are firmly anchored. In

the first form the spring20 is merely provided with a bend, as indicated at 26,whereby the spring assumes the positions as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

In the form of Figs. 4, 5 and 6, the ends of the spring 20 are anchored in the same manner as in the other forms, but the intermediate portion of the spring is passed across the lower end of the stem and then coiled about the pivot 14, as indicated at 28. This construction provides the spring as a whole with greater length and possibly gives the scoop a little smoother action by reason of the coil 28 than in the form first described.

In both forms, the scoop is free to swing about the end of the stem 10, except as limited by the springs 20. In order to insert the device, it is merely started into the bottle neck, whereupon pressure causes the scoop to fold up toward the stem. After passing down into the bottle, it assumes the position of Figs. 4 to 6. In this position the stem may be readily manipulated to cause the scoop to draw the contents of the bottle out toward and through the neck. To

remove the device it is merely drawn out ward, as indicated in Fig. 2, whereupon the tip of the scoop engages the side of the bottle and is caused to swing downwardly away from the stem until it is sufiiciently in alignment with the stem to permit it to pass out through the neck.

I claim:

A device for removing the contents of narrow neck bottles, comprising a stem, a scoop pivoted on the lower end of the stem and adapted to swing toward position in alignment With the stem and to swim toward the stem, and yielding means to old the scoop normally in position at right angles to the stem but adapted to permit movement of the scoop to either of said r L" CARL A. ROHDER. 

